Effect of Ga-As laser on the regeneration of injured sciatic nerves in the rat

In Vivo

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Bae, Chun Sik ^a   Lim, Sung Chul ^b   Kim, Kwon Young ^b   Song, Chang Hun ^b   Pak, Sokcheon ^c   Kim, Su Gwan ^b   Jang, Chul Ho ^d  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Hamilton College of Oriental Medicine   (New Zealand)

^d Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laser irradiation; Myelinated axon; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4444254100     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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